Britain Grants Asylum to China Protesters, Paper Says
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LONDON — Britain has secretly granted political asylum to five Chinese dissidents recently based in Hong Kong, said the Independent on Sunday newspaper.
One was a student leader of the 1989 pro-democracy movement.
“The five--three men and two women, all thought to be in their late 20s--were involved in the pro-democracy movement which culminated in the Tiananmen Square massacre,” the paper said.
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